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a member of the certadmin group. To separate the Certificate Administrator user role from
the Administrator user role, the Administrator user can add a new user account to the
system, assign the new user to the certadmin group, and then remove himself or herself
from the certadmin group. For more information, see
• Boot user can only perform a reinstallation. For security reasons, it is only possible to log
in as the Boot user through the console port using terminal emulation software. The Boot
user password cannot be changed from the default ForgetMe.
• Root user is granted full access to the underlying Linux operating system. For security
reasons, it is only possible to log in as the Root user through the console port using
terminal emulation software. Root user access should mainly be reserved for advanced
troubleshooting purposes, under guidance from Avaya customer support.
For more information, see
Access to the AVG command line interface and settings is controlled through the use of four
predefined user accounts and passwords. Once you are connected to the VPN Gateway
through a console connection or remote connection (Telnet or SSH), you are prompted to enter
a user account name and the corresponding password. The default user accounts and
passwords for each access level are listed in
Note:
The default Administrator user password can be changed during the initial configuration. For
the Operator user, the Boot user, and the Root user however, the default passwords are
used even after the initial configuration. It is therefore recommended that you change the
default AVG passwords soon after the initial configuration, and as regularly as required
under your network security policies.
For more information about how to change a user account password, see
Password
Table 4: User Access Levels
User
Account
oper
admin
User Guide
Customer service
on page 82.
User Group
oper
The Operator is allowed read access to some of
the menus and information available in the CLI.
admin oper
The Administrator is allowed both read and write
certadmin
access to all menus, information and
configuration commands.
The Administrator can add users to all groups in
which the Administrator himself or herself is a
member. The Administrator can delete a user
from any of the three built-in groups.
certadmin
By default, only the Administrator is a member of
the certadmin group.
Certadmin group rights are sufficient for
administrating certificates and keys on the VPN
Gateway. A certificate administrator user has no
on page 16.
Table 4: User Access Levels
Access Level Description
Accessing the AVG Cluster
Adding a New User
on page 76.
on page 127.
Changing a Users
Default
Password
oper
admin
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